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Open Source undefined, part 1: the alternative origin story
- ggm 2y agoAlways interesting to follow the etymology. The gnu manifesto hit in 84/85 and I remember reading it and thinking "ambitious" but the thing is, we had the DECUS tapes. Sharing code had been routine amongst pdp11, dec10 and vax users since the 1970s. I think the definition of open source is interesting but not definitive of what free software is. It's an enormously important term, but really only a flavour.